CommonWealth Kitchen

CommonWealth Kitchen is a Dorchester organization that helps diverse entrepreneurs start and grow food businesses, with a mission of building a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable local food economy. It operates shared commercial kitchens where member companies cook and produce, and its professional team can handle production work such as jarring pickles, bottling drinks and packaging dumplings so owners can focus on growing their businesses.

Support continues well beyond a single class or milestone. Staff have helped food trucks secure health permits, bakers work out ingredient budgets and chefs open their first restaurants. Members range from caterers such as Catching Faith to Dominican street food brand Se Metio Dios. Projects highlighted from the past year include members cooking meals for newly arrived refugees and the organization creating a Field Fritter from a cover crop of yellow peas.

What to Know

• An online directory lists member businesses, graduates and education program participants, searchable by cuisine, diet and ownership.
• The organization’s motto is “Food is our passion, equity is our mission.”
• CommonWealth Kitchen is a member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.